Running Springs Update, 7-1, 7:45pm

Good evening,
They have completed the burn and are very pleased. As the night goes on, they expect more burning, including some trees. We are not completely in the clear, but everything went exactly as they hoped. The fire went up to the ridge and down into the woods, and they tied the burned out, black area on our property to the part that had burned by wildfire earlier on the Weger property East of the Hot Springs. Crews will be here for at least 24 hours mopping up and keeping the fire inside the "black."
Today, they also began fighting the fire inside Montgomery Woods for the first time. The Parks service approved an operation to take water and retardant into the woods. That is where the helicopters have been going today.
Brian Kornegay, The Incident Commander, said that this burn is a turning point for the fire, because now it is out of fuel on this ridge, and this was its last point of entry to the ranch.
I am a little beat, and will not do another update until tomorrow, but all looks good so far.
Rod